NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-CO125625C2B860.WinterStormWatch.125625E12700CO.GJTWSWGJT.fb7c5d2bf7d2f9955a01d4d974fd04d7w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2016-12-09T17:56:00-07:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flattops (Colorado) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetWinter Storm WatchFutureModeratePossibleSAMEWSA2016-12-09T17:56:00-07:002016-12-11T17:00:00-07:00NWS GrandJunction (Western Colorado and Eastern Utah)Winter Storm Watch issued December 09 at 5:56PM MST until December 11 at 5:00PM MST by NWS GrandJunction...SNOW INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WILL DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING. THE
NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING...
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...HAHNS PEAK...
TOPONAS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN DIVIDE MOUNTAINS. SNOW INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE WILL THEN INCREASE BY LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY...WITH
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES.
* SNOW LEVEL...APPROXIMATELY 7500 FEET BUT ACCUMULATION MAY BE
LIMITED UP TO 8000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER
RABBIT EARS PASS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
AT TIMES.A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.WMOHEADERUGCCOZ004-013VTEC/O.EXP.KGJT.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161210T0100Z/
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